Chapter 390: Good News to Chu
Yancheng is worthy of being known as a solid city that has been cast by the national strength and people's power of the Han Dynasty for decades, and the throwing stones of the Great Qin trebuchet are almost every day throwing thousands of huge stones, but the city of Yanling is intact and does not show the slightest damage.
This made Lin Yuyan also quite sigh at the civilization created by the ancestors, although the city of Yanling was built with earth blocks, but with the technology of the ancient Yan Kingdom, it can be made stronger than the cement used by Daqin to build the capital, how can it not be surprised.
As a result, after nearly ten days of continuous siege of Yancheng, almost all the trebuchets were used up, and the Great Qin army was finally stationed on the north bank of Yanshui safely, and entered a period of peace with the Xiong Ji army that was firmly guarding Yancheng.
The battle report about Nanjun in recent January was presented to the Empress Qin and the King of Chu successively.
Needless to say, Lin Yuyan did not hide the slightest thing about Nanjun, especially after talking in detail about the battle of Luxian, and at that moment Qin Gong invited Han Kui, the minister of state, to discuss this matter with him.
Because it is the prince who went on the expedition, although the Daqin official did not have an obvious position of supervising the leading generals of the [Supervision Army], but don't forget, the Yulin Army at this time was already very different from the Yulin Army at that time, and the previous Yulin Army was composed of up to seventy percent of the soldiers recruited by Lin Yuyan to form the exiles of Daqin, but now after several reorganizations, the Yulin Army has taken away the handover status of the Nanyang Army to the Zongfu, and the Zongfu is modeled on the military soldiers established by the Wei State, and most of them have been selected into the Yulin Army.
It is precisely because of this that Yu Linjun said that it was the ears, eyes and mouthpieces of Qin Gong.
There is no doubt that before Lin Yuyan's official battle report, Qin Gong had received the relevant news, and now the good news document came, which also made Qin Gong very excited, sweeping away the previous depression because of Xiong Ji's surprise attack on Nanjun led by the army, it seemed that he was concerned about the current situation of Chu State, Qin Gong frowned and looked at Han Kui and asked: "Han Qing, now I heard that Chu Guo's life in Hengyang is not easy......
In addition to the fact that Qin Gong was particularly concerned about the Southern Expedition of Great Qin, Qin Gong was also very concerned about the Hengyang battlefield of Chu State and the Yuzhang battlefield of Wu State, and the reason was that no matter what kind of achievements Great Qin achieved north of the Han River, if either side of Chu and Wu was defeated, the Xincai Huimeng would become a nonsense, and there would be no interests of Great Qin at that time.
And a few days ago, the vanguard army of Chu was 100,000 in the Hengshan area, and was ambushed and defeated by the Dongzhu State of Jing, and nearly half of the casualties made Chu lose its initial sharpness.
Han Kui replied: "You don't have to worry so much, it seems that Gongzi Yan also knows the scale, and he will not cross the line......"
What Duke Qin was worried about was thinking of the setback on the battlefield of Chu State, and seeing that Great Qin had made a lot of gains in Nanjun, would he order the Great Qin army to be sent to defend another territory, and then it would lead to trouble, and hearing Han Kui say this, Duke Qin also decided to believe that the sixth son would handle this matter well, and after instructing Han Kui to mobilize grain and grass to ensure the supply of front-line soldiers, he said no more.
On the other side of the battlefield of Hengshan, although the king of Chu did not personally conquer, but with the status of the alliance leader, the importance of this matter to the Chu State is also to arrive at the Qianshan city less than 100 miles away from the Hengshan battlefield, which is also the rear base camp of the Chu State at the Hengshan Station.
Hengshan is a huge mountain range that stretches for hundreds of miles, which divides the land of Jingchu into two areas, east and west of Chu, most of Hengshan is still in the hands of Jing State, and it is also a dangerous place that is difficult to conquer.
In the past, the Dongzhu State of Jing led the 200,000 veterans who won the Battle of Yingdu to chase the retreating soldiers and horses of the Chu State Defense Office all the way to the Hengshan area, which was to stop the pursuing soldiers of Jing State, but Zhu Rong Tiangong also knew the importance of Hengshan, so he sealed the Qi Negative as the East Pillar State, recruited troops and horses in Hengyang, and guarded 300,000 soldiers to fight against the Chu State.
The state of Chu raised 500,000 troops, almost mobilizing the young and strong of the entire state of Chu, and even those husbands and women who could not fight had to bear the conscription nearly three times a year to help the state of Chu transport grain and grass, but even so, it was still blocked in the east of Hengshan.
The first battle was a crushing defeat of the vanguard army, and the attack for half a month was only a mutual victory or defeat with Jing State, so that after the original Chu King envisioned the New Cai Alliance, the Chu State recovered the lost territory of Chu West with a devastating momentum, which was diametrically opposite.
Coupled with the news sent by the original Qin State, it was said that Nanjun was attacked by Jing State, and lost 200,000 stone grain and grass to prepare for the southern expedition, and Wu State, which had high hopes, was also unable to advance half an inch on Pengli Lake where Jing State was located.
Finally, I heard the sound of the herald beating the bamboo pole of the good news, which also made the king of Chu happy, and before the herald could speak, he hurriedly asked: "The victory of the general on the front line?" β
Only then did the herald hesitate and replied: "It's the Qin State, the Qin army went out of Ruoguan, defeated the enemy army in Lu County, beheaded thousands of people, captured nearly 10,000 people, and occupied the north of the Han River!" β
Lin Yuyan's battle report to the Chu State was also scruples to conceal some victories.
Hearing that it was the good news of the Qin State, it also made the King of Chu frown, and then looked at the many generals who accompanied the army, and scolded angrily: "Small countries such as the Qin State can win such a victory, but you are here to give the lonely soldiers a broken general, it is really hateful!" β
The general Wu Lan replied to the King of Chu: "Your Majesty, it's not that a certain level of battle is unfavorable, but that Jing State suddenly came out with so many reinforcements, so that now hundreds of miles of Hengshan are all heavily guarded by Jing Di, and a certain class is really difficult to break!" β
Different from the previous Chu State, since the Chu State moved to the eastern Chu State, I don't know if it is lost that the bones of the ancestors buried in Yingdu are no longer sheltered, or the state of Chu is short-lived, after several coups d'Γ©tat in the Chu State Office, the Chu State is heavy on literature and military suppression, and the court is indeed full of talents, but on this battlefield, there is no generation of famous generals who can lead the troops to fight alone.
So much so that there is always such a view in the Central Plains: Decades ago, after the Chu State killed Wu Qi, a famous general of the Jin Wei clan, and cut off his own general star, he was no longer a famous general in front of the court.
But this generation of Chu kings has ambitious ambitions, and recovering the lost land in western Chu is the first step for the king of Chu to realize his ambition to dominate the Chu state, and it is precisely because of this that the king of Chu finally couldn't suppress the anger in his heart after learning that Daqin had achieved a small victory, so that Chu General Naoya was forced to receive a military order and fight to the death!